Al Murray steps in for Lovejoy at Virgin Radio

LONDON – Virgin Radio has got comedian Al Murray, aka The Pub Landlord, to cover for regular Sunday afternoon host Tim Lovejoy during January.

Starting this weekend, Murray will take over for four shows while Lovejoy is on holiday.

Murray said: "When the Great British inventor Marconi came up with radio he knew that it meant the ugly could speak to the blind and no one would be any the wiser: and what better way to celebrate this than having me broadcast direct from my pub on Virgin Radio."

Murray won the Perrier Award with a show based around the Pub Landlord character in 1999. This led to stage shows including 'And A Glass Of White Wine For The Lady', 'My Gaff', 'My Rules' and 'Who Dares Wins'. He also completed the television series 'Time, Gentlemen, Please', which ran for two years on Sky One. 

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